For many Muslim Americans, King's hearings add to weight of community's burden

Keith Ellison (D - Minn.) is the first Muslim-American elected to Congress and one of two Muslim-Americans currently serving. Toward the end of his testimony, Ellison grows visibly emotional when he describes the story of Mohammed Salman Hamdani, a 23-year-old Muslim-American paramedic and police cadet from New York City.

"Yeah, totally. The shopping cart," the other agreed, nodding her scarf-covered head emphatically.

I was lost.

"Shopping cart?" I asked.

"You know, when you're at the grocery store you always make sure to bring the shopping cart back. Never leave it in the parking lot, because someone may think, 'Oh, those Muslims,' if you're wearing your scarf and they see you leave the cart in the parking lot."

Ellison recounted the young man's "Star Wars" obsession and noted the rumors that he was involved in the attacks when, in fact, he was among the first responders who risked their lives trying to save others.